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    "id": 1259603,
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Sen. Ogola",
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    "content": "As we were growing up and when I first took my role as a young mother and a wife, people around me were not enjoying this crop so much based on that assumption. Nonetheless, as I said, it is not scientifically proven. This is a very important Bill to me. It is for very serious reasons that Kenyans thought agriculture; farming, health and water were to be devolved. It is because Kenyans felt that in agriculture, farmers would get more services closer to them in the counties. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, I am impressed with this Bill because it does not only talk about the nutritious nature of the beans, it also talks about quality and quantity. I am happy to spell out how this would enhance the school feeding programs. Where this has been done, we have seen that pupils do better because they are able to eat in school and eat not only quality food but there is some available quantity that the school feeding program comes with. If this Bill will enhance the school feeding programs, I am sure even the issue of urban poverty will be taken care of. Mr. Temporary Speaker, Sir, reflecting on my sub-county where I come from, farmers who grow this crop find that it is one of the priority crops that put money in the hands of farmers. I can assure you that as a farmer of mung beans---I do not want to pronounce this because I am not sure, allow me to call it ndengu or green grams. However, I can surely say that some of our farmers who have harvested even 10 bags of the ndengu are millionaires. I think that is what we are fighting to have in this country. Amongst the crops in my sub- county--- As I say my sub-county and I am wondering why the Committee on Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries did not visit my sub-county because that is a sub- county that is known in the region for the growth of these beans. Nonetheless, I support this Bill because the Bill promotes the use of these beans. I have said that within the Bill, it initiates a financing scheme for the growers. Since those are some of the challenges that our farmers have and face in the farming of these beans. I am also impressed that the Bill talks about and spells out the provision of agricultural extension services. If extension services are going to be granted to our farmers, then it is going to lead to the farmers having quality crops and enhance the quantity of their production. This Bill also talks about a marketing mechanism and that means ---"
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